Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-16
A Rctrnsnectlon.


 Ar there are but few miners ia Ari- z.na hat have not at lomo tiIne O. ota- er worked on the Comstock, we repcb- sh from tue San Francisco Stock Re pert the following retrospsctIon Of the recent calamity and ot Iho men ensomb- ed in tue lower levels of the Gould < Carry:
 About o'clock on tie afternoon of Jane 2lth fire broke out at the head of the incline on the lJJJ-foot level in the Gould E Curry miDe. The seven r1iocsE on tbe lJ0)-toot level ID the Best G Belcher came up on cage through the shaft. nearly sufiOcsted. Those oG inc Coali G Curry escaped through the Savsse I1ciine 10 ihe sgr.tce. There w.rs still six m-n below si-9l7yfd iu driving uu upr4lse above the lJ0O-!ooi level. They irauticGliy rang tte signal bells, Tne cage ia the Bonner shaft was lt tbe lJO1-,oot staiioa. but .he men could not see it on account of tEe dense volumes 0f smoke from the tiss.
 FIVE BODIES FOUND.
 4 rescuing party of about twenty m'ue-s. after making several Gt'i mpts Go reach the men imprisoned on iEo 4OJ- level, finally found five of then de.- ahout 20O fret from the tunnel liE9. Their names are: John T5Cuuce, Junceg Morgan, k C. Bruce c. cousIu Ci Major Ford Cf the Virginia < IrucEls raIl loa3l ". c. Carpenter and Andrew Bean. they were evidently @ PAy xi-- ted Uh le endea Orlrg tO escape, a5 the i've were !ouad scattered on iEc way leading to the adit on the tEDlll line. The bol.es were still warm and efforts tc resuzcita;e them by the Epplcatio1 O. e,acrrlcIty and artificial respiration were .-ade oy physicians, but without sue e. a.
 John TEcuUce let c. wife ami tvo laugh .s, He vas native Of England, 41nui 5J yeara Cf age.
 E. C. Brace vas native of tLe United ;5.a..s. single EuJ R5ou 2t geaF- of age.
 Audr-E Bssu wBs native Ct CCUnty c Gtlvly. iI-islc, 4 y-sr- af Brc. H. .-f. a wIfe and ei. hi children.
 JOlcey M0rEsn. naive 0f Nevada, 2f years Of age He lefi a wife. who is ,ne sister to tho wlfe of Charles [. Mack.
 c. V. Carpenter was native oi the Uaiiei States, about 2 yCar8 ot Lge. He left 0 wife.
 ESTCMBED BELOW.
 The men held prisoners in the lJ1O- foot level were:
 Eimnnd JeiIreys Is about 3S vears of age. and has a vidowed mother
 Martin Iregaiiis !s gilgle man. sbout $ years Of age.
 Peter Eiiy has a wife and tHre % children. He Is about 8 y-srs o- age.
 John Kennedy is single ws-. g. years of az, Gud ratIye Dt Che ta..rl States.
 Chsr!es DousheEty is Elprr.ri tr is married and @ native n' A. -irs. E a5out A ' -srs ot az
 Fe ter Ham l-o-' O." 4g1 nativity are unknown.
 1"f"li,AL,
 T. Edd .1. Jl the entonbel vic liEs, saia tue NirgiaIa Chronicle '..-- days since, Is descub-G rs ut- sf more than oTdiUHry .Bt ..-srr. and has acq Iirea couside-Es,euc .rPIt. a- bD inventor. H. said . nave pa-EJgly escaped des before in % rlIue. and waeu T.-ca-. he had written .e.s iei accom- Ji all tbe incidents 0c- curing wren death seemed inevitable. r. i- probable If the imprisoned men bad gLfs and Were not suddenly hs- pAy z.caisd, that Eddy hss lett s record oi rl-Ir startlIng eXperi written or taiig Do7ris or ile timberiug cf tSe duft 'l when the men were entombed, If ;;s men gre fouod dead by ,ae resclInl ps;ty. careful search for any recorcs that gould throw light upon their ex- per.eucs on resiisinR their appalling sI.uetIou would prove of the most Gb- s3Ijing interest.
 john Kennedy IS described Gs a man that knew 10 lear, and would rush through rre Ulibcu. hesitation if nsces -ary to save fe.loB-man. He wss per fectly familiar with ihc avenue of escape through ;he incline lending to the Sutfo tunnel level. aud II it had been possible for the men to get ont that way before they were cut T by .he fire the atteIlp' v li5 have been made. Tn ss who kueg Kennedy Ec>t never expect 60 see hi a alive, as they a.a uGdeut r w1s hr Who rang iua danger Eig-ai from hf e.a.ion cl ljCJ foot lev,l when @ srfiJcFticg volume of smoke WAS rolling upward through the Curry shaft. and ii is surmised that be perished in the flames.
 Since the night Of she fire Kennedy's three brothers have remsiOad constantly gi tho Cop, Virginia shaft night and day to ascertain his fate at the tlrii =s, prs sIb's IT ODent. Foster Hamilton is represented by the miners as Q man Of remarkable coo.n-ss and presence Of mind in the frce ot danger. and frey say that 1T alive Le F;ll b. 'surd ir have done every thing p01ziiie Eco Eeap I'D the courage ot his c1mparicus in their iivinc tomb. Jeffrey, Tres hs and D1ugEorty are XperieBced miners.